The 594 is the best new guitar I've played in years. It has a vintage heart and soul but without the technical limitations that usually come along with an old instrument. What good is an old guitar if you can't get all that feel out of the upper frets, or the intonation is off? To hear that old PAF sound but be able to articulate the notes in a way that only modern manufacturing could allow is so exciting. – John Mayer

2 volume and 2 tone controls positioned so players can roll off both volume knobs at the same time.

The added versatility of push/pull coil taps for each pickup for more tonal options

A new Pattern Vintage neck carve, which shares the same width measurements as PRS’s Pattern neck but is slightly thicker front to back and features an asymmetrical carve with a little less meat on the treble side and a little more meat on the bass side of the neck.

Tweaked Phase III tuners have an added set screw that pulls the tuner’s gear and worm together (while “locking” over the worm to prevent slipping) to promote tone transfer from the string directly into the guitar with as little energy as possible being detracted. (The tuner functions identically to standard Phase III tuners for re-stringing. Set screws must NOT be adjusted outside of the PRS factory. Making any adjustments to this feature may cause the tuner to stop functioning properly.)

<Specifications>

Top Wood

Artist Grade Figured Flame Maple

Back Wood

Selected Mahogany

Number of Frets

22

Scale Length

24.594"

Neck Wood

Indian Rosewood

Fretboard Wood

Gaboon Ebony with Binding

Fretboard Inlays

Artist Birds

Neck Shape

Pattern Vintage

Truss Rod Cover

"McCarty 594"

Bridge

PRS 2-Piece Stoptail

Tuners

PRS Phase III Locking Tuners

Hardware Type

Nickel

Treble Pickup

58/15 LT Treble

Bass Pickup

58/15 LT Bass

Controls

Two Volume and Two Push/Pull Tone Controls with 3-Way Toggle Pickup Switch on Upper Bout